Google Goggles gains support for phones lacking auto-focus in latest update
Google Goggles has been updated today with a selection of improvements, including one that should make owners of lower-tier smartphones quite happy. The app, which was once relegated to devices with auto-focus cameras, now supports phones with fixed focus image snappers. Google has also made object tracking in Goggles’ continuous shooting mode “faster” and “more robust.” The full list of changes is as follows:
- Search-from-camera no longer requires search history to be enabled.
- Faster, more robust object tracking in “continuous” mode
- When scanning a QR code that has a URL encoded:
- The thumbnail of a page is shown
- URL is checked against a malicious URL blacklist
- More complete barcode coverage
- Support for non-autofocus cameras
- When Goggles fails to find an exact match – search for products that look similar.
Head on over to the Google Play link below to snag the latest version of Goggles. But I will leave you with a question: who actually uses Goggles in their daily lives to perform visual searches?
Download from Google Play: Google Goggles